the u.s. attorneys office is in there. the police department is doing an internal problem. it is seven officers, police officers, under cover and their sergeant have been implicated in this. >> when gascone was appointed district attorney by the outgoing mayor there was a concern of a conflict of interest and even though he has taken his office out of the investigation he knows where a lot of the bodies were buried in the police department. is he going to be involved in the investigation as a source for the fbi? >> he could be. don't forget he will be on the ballot in november. this is the worst time it could happen for a candidate under his watch. his hand-picked successor, jeff, who is the interim police chief now, is saying he is taking this seriously and they worked in los angeles together, worked closely together. i think it is fodder probably in the district attorney's race. it was probably politically astute of him to get out of the investigation at this point. he also was very clear saying this wasn't about conflict. it was about information that came to light. he d